Manicuring device



J n- 2, 1951 H. J. LANDRY ET AL MANICURING' DEVICE Filed Aug. 11, 1949mm m M A LP 0 J 0% M W m Hon Patented Jan. 2, 1951 2,536,945 MANICURINGDEVICE Henry J. Landry, Gardner, and Romeo L. Pendolari, Framingham,Mass.

Application August 11, 1949, Serial No. 109,784

, 1' This invention relates to new and improved manicuring devices andthe principal object of the invention resides in the provision of an implement of the class described which is inexpensive to manufacture,small enough to be cas- 7 Claims. (CI. 13.2-75.4)

ily kept in a vest pocket or a small purse, easily operated for avariety of actions to completely manicure the nails, and being safe touseand sanitary in nature.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a deviceof the class described comprising a generally box-like, elongated bodyhaving a slider therein, said slider embodying a cutting edge which isselectively exposed for cuticle manicuring operations or retractedwithin the body where it is safely housed, said slider being actuated bymeans of an exterior easily operated finger piece, said fingerv operatedelement embodying a safe and sanitary finger-nail cleaning point and adevice for cuticle care-the latter being hollowed out to suit the curveof 1.

the fingernail and curved to render it easier to care for the cuticle;the provision of a device as aforesaid including a pair of removablenail files or emery boards located in the sides of the boxlike body andbeing easilyremovable for replacement; and the provision of the deviceas above described including easily releasable latch means formaintaining the cuticle cuttingkniie edge in housed condition orselectively in ex tended operative condition.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had 'to the accompanying drawings in which a a Fig. 1is a view inside elevation of a device according to the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device;

Fig. 4 is an end view of the finger operated element;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

which is shorter than the body and is adapted to extend outwardlytherefrom as shown at 14 in Fig. 1; or selectively to be housedtherewithin as shown at 16 in the same figure. Actually the blade issharp along an edge I 8 and it will be: clear that this edge may beconveniently used to cut the cuticle while holding the device in thefingers but that the sharp edge It will be safely housed when notneeded.

A bottom cover member 20 may be utilized and the end of the body l0opposite the extendin blade at 18 is closed as shown at 22. The endofthe body opposite the closed end 22 is provided with a closed endwhich, however, has a small slot 26 for extension therethrough of theknife edge [8. 4 a The body IE] is slotted'in its top surface:to-accommodate a fastener generally indicated at 2 8, this fastenerextending through a manually operable slider element 30 and is securedto the knife blade i2. This fastener is herein shown as taking the formof a screw but of course any other device could be used. Y The fingeroperated slider element 36 is provided at one end with a relativelyblunt point 32 for the purpose of cleaning the nails and at thesame-time shielding and guarding the knife edge 18 as clearly indicatedin Figs. 1 and 5. In-other words, the slider 30 may be shifted from'th'e solid line" position of 'Fig. 1 to the right'to; the broken lineposition thereof wherein'the knife edge 18 and the'cleaning point '32are both exposed; but in this position the knife edge is guarded by thepoint '32 upon which the forefinger'may be placed to press down upon thedevice to provide a cutting action by means of the blade edge l8. Whenin the solid line-po si-tion, however, neither the cleaning point orknife edge are extended sufficiently to be oper ative; but the otherendof the slider 36, as at 34, is operative to form and press the cuticle.The device is adapted to be used upside down and has a hollowed outgroove 36 to accommodate the natural shape of the nails so as to bettereffectuate the cuticle forming and pressing operation.

Between the body l0 and the finger slider element 3!! there may bearranged an inter-engaging rib and groove construction 38 forrestraining the sliding action of the member 30 to a rectilinear motion.At the sides of the body l0 there are arranged a pair of files or emeryboards 40, or one of each, which may be snapped out of the undercutgrooves provided therefor and are easily replaceable.

Any convenient means may be provided for holding the nail cleaner point32 and knife edge I8 yieldably in housed and extended. conditions and inthe present instance, this takes the form a) of a projection 42 locatedon the underside of the slider 38 and cooperating with a pair of dentsin the top surface of the body to yieldingly hold the slider in eitherone of the above described positions.

It will be seen that this invention provides a relatively simpleinexpensive manicuring implement of the class described which in a verysimple manner may accomplish all of. the desired functions in order toadequately care for the nails, and at the same time the device may becarried in the vest pocket or in a small purse or wallet so as to beconvenient at all times.

Having thus described our invention and the advantages thereof, we donot Wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise thanas set forth in the claims, but what we claim is:

l. A manicuring device of the class described comprising a body portion,a sharp edged blade slidable with respect thereto for selectivepositioning wholly in or partially out of the body, a, finger piececonnected to the blade to slide the latter, said finger piece beingslidable on the body, and an end portion of the finger piece overlyingthe exposed part of the blade.

2. A manicuring device of the class described comprising a body portion,a sharp edged blade slidable with respect thereto for selectivepositioning wholly in or partially out of the body, a finger piececonnected to the blade to slide the the latter, said finger piece beingslidable on the body, and an end portion of the finger piece overlyingthe exposed part of the blade, said finger piece portion being pointedto act as a manicuring implement.

3. A manicuring device of the class described comprising a body portion,sharp edged blade slidable with respect thereto for selectivepositioning wholly in or partially out of the body, a finger piececonnected to the blade to slide the latter, said finger piece beingslidable on the body, an end portion of the finger piece overlying theexposed part of the blade, said finger piece portion being pointed toact as a manicuring implement and the point thereof being inoperativelyretracted within the area of the body when the blade is retracted in thebody.

4. A manicuring device of the class described comprising a body portion,a sharp edged blade slidable with respect thereto for selectivepositioning wholly in or partially out of the body, a finger piececonnected to the blade to slide the latter, said finger piece beingslidable on the body, an end portion of the finger piece overlying theexposed part of the blade, said finger piece portion being pointed toact as a manicuring implement and the point thereof being inoperativelyretracted Within the area of the body when the blade is retracted in thebody, said finger piece having an opposite end portion of blunt shape,to form the cuticle, in operative position when the blade is retracted.

5. A manicuring device of the class described comprising a body portion,a sharp edged blade slidable with respect thereto for selectivepositioning wholly in or partially out of the body, a finger piececonnected to the blade to slide the latterfsaid finger piece beingslidable on the body, .an endpor'tion of the finger piece overlying theexposed part of the blade, and interengaging tongue and groove slidingguides between the fingerpiece and the body.

6. A manicuring device of the class described comprising a body portion,a sharp edged blade slidable with respect thereto for selectivepositioning wholly in or partially out of the body, a finger piececonnected to the blade to slide the latter, said finger piece beingslidable on the body, an end portion of the finger piece overlying theexposed part of the blade, and removable nail filing devices at thesides of the body.

7. A manicuring device of the class described comprising a body portion,a sharp edged blade slidable with respect thereto for selective positioning wholly in or partially out of the body, a finger piece connectedto the blade to slide the latter, said finger piece being slidable onthe body, an end portion of the finger piece overlying the exposed partof the blade, said finger piece portion being pointed to act as amanicuring implement and the point thereof being inoperatively retractedwithin the area of the body when the blade is retracted in the body,said finger piece having an opposite end portion of blunt shape, to formthe cuticle, in operative position When the blade is retracted, saidcuticle forming means being taperingly concaved to fit a fingernail.

v HENRY J. LANDRY.

ROMEO L. PENDOLARI.

REFERENCES CITED;

The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

I UNITED STATES 'PATEN'I'S Number Bensel Dec. 3, 1935

